Chapter 258: Disappointment.
"I would get back to you," Nicklaus said to the person he was on the phone with when he saw his door knob turned.
Ending the call, he dropped his phone and sat up, "Rue?" he called to know what the issue was before opening the door for anyone.
Outside the door, Arissa bit her lip when she heard his voice. Her anger increased. Here he was being all comfortable meanwhile her father was seated half dead wherever he kept him.
Her heart drooped and her eyes welled up in tears. She turned confused and tired of everything.
"Rue?" Nicklaus called again from the inside and when Arissa heard footsteps coming to the door, she hurriedly dried her eyes and cleared her throat.
Nicklaus opened the door and his poker face disappeared as his lips curled into a good smile. He loved seeing her.
Her presence calms him even in his darkest hours without her doing anything. He felt fortunate for having her as a wife.
Arissa stared at him, she tried to understand him. Does he feel anything for her to be doing this or he just felt like punishing her father? Whichever way, he has no right to hurt her father the way he was doing.
She saw the Leechs on her father’s body and she listened to each of his piercing screams. Does Nicklaus even think? Does he want to kill my father? She asked herself, more anger building inside of her.
Nicklaus opened the door to his study room wider for her to come in. And when she wasn’t moving, he fixed his gaze on her, "Love?"
"Don’t," Arissa snapped at him. "Don’t call me that,"